Physics & Astronomy News
LSU Physics Professor Receives Esteemed NSF CAREER Award
LSU Assistant Professor Justin Wilson in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, with a joint appointment in LSU's Center for Computation and Technology, has received a five-year National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, award to support his research on "Active Feedback to Control Dynamic Quantum Phases."
E. Ward Plummer 2023 LSU College of Science Hall of Distinction Honoree
The LSU College of Science's Hall of Distinction recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in their endless pursuit of excellence and fervent dedication to scientific leadership. Through their extraordinary achievements, outstanding characters, and commitments to their communities, the college's honorees have established lasting legacies of excellence in their individual fields. On Friday, LSU recognized the exceptional accomplishments of E. Ward Plummer as a College of Science 2023 Hall of Distinction honoree.
LSU Research Professors Awarded $800K from U.S. Department of Energy
Interdisciplinary project merges nuclear theory with quantum theoretical and experimental physics.
LSU Research Professors Awarded $800K from U.S. Department of Energy
Interdisciplinary project merges nuclear theory with quantum theoretical and experimental physics.
Chatzopoulos Named a 2022 LSU Emerging Scholar in STEM Rainmaker
Associate Professor Emmanouil (Manos) Chatzopoulos has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award in the Emerging Scholar for Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics category.
SOARS Scholar: Raenessa Walker talks physics hardships and rewarding research
Maryland-born Army brat and Lafayette resident, Raenessa Walker has settled into her new home at LSU as a physics major minoring in math and nuclear science.
LSU Professor Aims to Improve Radiation Therapy to Save Lives
More than half of cancer patients will receive radiation therapy. To improve radiation treatment outcomes for patients, the American Cancer Society has awarded LSU Associate Professor of Physics Rui Zhang a $786,000 grant for his research at LSU and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
New MicroBooNE analysis takes a closer look at the sterile neutrino
The MicroBooNE collaboration at Fermilab has released a new analysis of their neutrino data. The result provides constraints on a model that assumes the existence of a sterile neutrino to explain anomalies in neutrino measurements by other experiments.
LSU Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand the Weak Nuclear Force
Physics journal PRL features LSU nuclear physics research.
LSU Boyd Professor's Legacy Elevates Research and Scholarship
Professor and Mrs. Plummer's gift will provide an endowment for a professorship and superior graduate student scholarship
New research Shows Campus Mounds as Oldest known man-made Structures in North America
New research reveals more information about the LSU Campus Mounds, including the discovery of thousands of years old charred mammal bone fragments and a coordinated alignment of both mounds toward one of the brightest stars in the night sky. This new information offers more insight into the oldest known man-made structures in North America.
LSU Physics Professor Launches New AI Space Start-up
Atlantis Industries aims to accelerate off-world technology breakthroughs.
Professor Mette Gaarde Named Chair of APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Mette Gaarde, the Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor of Physics at LSU, will be Chair of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) in 2022-2023. In this role, she will oversee the planning of the 2023 DAMOP meeting and the selection of recipients for a number of DAMOP honors and awards. Gaarde was elected to the Chair-line of DAMOP in 2020, and has served as Vice Chair and Chair Elect before she was inducted as Chair at the annual DAMOP Business meeting in June 2022.
LSU Welcomes James A. Sauls as Hearne Research Chair in Theoretical Physics
The LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy announces James A. Sauls as the new Co-Director of the Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, which spans research from quantum theory to gravitational physics.
LSU Astrophysicists Break Down the Impact of Newly Released NASA Images
The first images from NASA’s new space telescope unveiled this week include a new look at the universe, expanding our view of the galaxy as we know it. The images include a high resolution “window” to millions of stars through the Milky Way’s dust, a new look at galaxies lightyears away for the first time in 30 years. LSU Astrophysicists share their reactions to the photos and how the Webb telescope impacts future research and discovery.
Global Physicist Gabriela González Featured in International Women Astronomer Book
LSU Boyd Professor of Physics Gabriela González is featured in a new international book titled "The Sky is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words." The book is a series of 37 autobiographical essays by women astronomers showcasing their encounters breaking down barriers and changing the face of modern astronomy.
2021 - 2022 Department of Physics & Astronomy Annual Awards
2021 - 2022 Department of Physics & Astronomy Annual Awards
Octo-Tiger Awarded Access to the World's Fastest Supercomputer
Researchers who recently developed "Octo-Tiger," a breakthrough astrophysics code that simulates the evolution of star systems, have been granted access to the supercomputer Fugaku in Tokyo.
Kenneth R. Hogstrom 2022 LSU College of Science Hall of Distinction Honoree
The LSU College of Science's Hall of Distinction recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in their endless pursuit of excellence and fervent dedication to scientific leadership. Through their extraordinary achievements, outstanding characters, and commitments to their communities, the college's honorees have established lasting legacies of excellence in their individual fields.
LSU Undergraduate Leaves His Mark on the Moon
The LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy has built a team to work, research, and design the first lunar-based camera to be put on the moon.